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Iraqi Popular Forces Kill Senior ISIL Commander

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Iraq’s al-Hashd Al-Shaabi forces clashed with ISIL terrorists in Salahuddin province on Saturday, killing the terrorists’ top commander.

The Iraqi popular forces killed the senior ISIL commander, Mohamad Saad Al-Jroub, in clashes in West of Samarra city in Salahuddin, informed sources said.

On Wednesday, the Iraqi forces regained control of two key villages in Kirkuk province, and killed 94 ISIL terrorists in military operations in several areas across Iraq.

Fighters from pro-government Popular Mobilization units purged Qaryat al-Atiq and Qaryat al-Rawabin villages, which lie on the Western foothills of the Hamrin Mountains in the province of Kirkuk, of the ISIL terrorists on Wednesday.

Also on Wednesday, Iraqi fighter jets bombed ISIL positions in the Makhoul Mountains, which lie 40 kilometers (24.8 miles) North of the provincial capital city of Tikrit, in the province of Salahuddin, killing 54 terrorists.

The airstrikes also destroyed a launching pad used by ISIL terrorists to lob mortar rounds at the area.

Meanwhile, the Iraqi security forces mounted separate ground operations North of Anbar’s provincial capital city of Ramadi, killing at least 40 ISIL Takfiri militants.

Five explosive-laden vehicles, which ISIL members had planned to use against Iraqi army troopers in Albu Dhiyab and Albu Faraj areas, were also destroyed during the attacks.

On Tuesday, Iraqi army troops and volunteer forces repelled attacks by the ISIL terrorists in Salahuddin province, killing and injuring scores of them.

The Iraqi forces repelled the ISIL assaults in Makhoul Mountains in Salahuddin, informed sources said Tuesday.

The sources added that scores of the Takfiri militants were killed and injured.

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